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PatentedNov. 5, 1889*.,

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T. W. MOORE. MACHINE POR WRAPING Ofi-ANGES.

Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

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TI-IEOPI-IILUS 'WILSON MOORE, OF FRUIT COVE, FLORIDA.

MACHINE FOR WRAPPING ORANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,428, dated November5, i889.

Application filed May 31, 1888. Serial No. 275,665. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom may concern." Y

Beit known that I, TnnoPHILUs WILSON MOORE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fruit Cove, in the county of St. Johns and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines forWrapping Oranges, of which the following is a specification'.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for wrapping oranges;and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devicesthat will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of an orange-wrappingmachine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thesaine. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view.

A represents an inclined table or platform which is provided withsuit-able supportinglegs B at its ends. On the upper side of the table,at the center of the same, is arranged a longitudinal guiding-trough Oof suitable lengt-h, the sides of which are beveled or inclined, asshown. The table is provided on its sides, in line with the upper end ofthe trough, with a pair of standards D, in the upper ends of which isjournaled the transverse shaft E. To the center of the said shaft issecured a pulley F, and to one end thereof is secured a driving-pulleyG.

H represents a transverse shaft, which is also journaled in thestandards D at a suitable distance below t-he shaft E, and 'is pro vidednear its ends with pulleys I, which are arranged at a suitable distanceapart.

. K represents a third shaft, which is also journaled in the standardsD, and is arranged at aslight distance above the inclined table A. Thesaid shaft is provided with a pair of pulleys L, which are arranged onopposite sides of the trough and in line with the pul leys I. At thelower end of the table A, on opposite sides of the same, is a pairofstandA ards M. In the upper ends of the said standard is journaled atransverse shaft E', which is provided at its center with a pulley F,thelatter being connected to the pulley F by means of an endless belt ortape H represents a shaft which is journaled transversely in thestandard M at a suitable distance below and in advance of the shaft E',and said shaft H is provided with a pair of pulleys I', which are inline with the pulleys I, and are connected thereto by means of endlessbelts or tapes I2.

K represents a shaft, which is also journaled in the standards M at apoint below the shaft H', and is provided with pulleys L', which alignwith the pulleys L and are connected thereto by means of endless tapesor belts L?. orAt the lower end of the inclined table, at the center ofthe same, is an opening N.

O represents a which is inclined upward in opposite directions from thecenter, and is diamond or lozenge shaped. On opposite sides of the saidtray are converging side boards I), which ext-end to within a suitabledistance of the lower vertex of the bottom. The said tray is supportedon a pair of cleats R, which are adapted to rest upon the upper ends ofthe table and extend between the standards B, and thereby secure thetray in position at the upper end of the trough, the upper side of thebottom of the traybeing arranged in the saine plane with the bottom ofthe trough. The said tray is provided with a pair ofvertically-projecting pins S, which serve to retain anuniber of squaresheets of tissue-paper T in position on the tray.

The shaft II is provided at one end with a driving-pulley U, and saidpulley is connected by a suitable endless belt (not shown) to a suitablecounter-shaft, so as to cause rotary motion to be imparted to the shaftH, and thereby cause the shaft H to revolve therein, so as to move thebelts I2 in the direction indicated bythe arrow a. rIhe pulleyG isalsoconnected by a suitable endless belt (not shown) on a counter-shaft, andis rotated at about twice the speed of the pulley U, so as to impartrotary motion to the shaft E and E, and thereby cause the belt F2 totravel in the saine direction with the belts I2 and at a higher rateof'speed. The beltsllbear at their lower sides upon the upper sides ofthe belts L2, so as to impart motion to the latter and to the shafts Kand K.

feed-tray, the bottom of IOO 4and is caused to adhere to the said sheetof paper near the upper corner thereof. The orange is then rolleddownward on the tray 4 and causes the paper to fold overit as it rolls,

until the orange reaches the pulley E, when itis caught by the belt F2,andis drawn downward onto the trough and caused to pass downward on thesaid trough and to rotate axially while doing so. The side corners ofthe paper are caught between the belts I2 and L2, and, inasmuch as saidbelts travel much slower than the belt F2, it follows that the frictionexerted thereby on the corners of the paper causes thesame to betwisted, so as to completely envelop the orange with the paper and alsosecure the paper on the orange so that it will not readily unrolltherefrom. By the time that the orange has reached the lower end of thetrough this operation of securing the paper thereon is completed and theorange drops through the openingN into a suitable vessel or receiver.

It will be understood that my invention is also adapted for wrappingapples, plums, and other fruits.

4 Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination,in amachine for wrapping oranges and other fruit, of the pairs of endlessbelts I2 L2 in contact with each other at one side, and the endless beltF2, arranged between said pairs of belts, the said belt F2 traveling ata higher rate of speed than the contacting belts, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, in a machine for wrapping fruit, of theguiding-trough,the contacting belts on opposite sides of the same, the

pulleys operating the said belts-the endless belt F2, the revolvingpulleys on which the f said belt is stretched, and the tray at the upperend of the trough, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the inclined table having the trough, the seriesof revolving pulleys, the endless belts engaging said pulleys andarranged parallel with the tray, two pairs of said belts being incontact, and the tray arranged at the upper end of the trough, thebottomof the said tray being dished or concave, substantially as described.

4. The tray having the dished lozengeshaped bottom provided with theconverging side boards P at its sides, substantially as def scribed.

5. The combination of the trough or guide, means, substantially as setforth, to roll an orange or other fruit on the said trough, and thepairs of endless contacting belts guided on suitable revolving pulleysand arranged on opposite sides of the trough, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination, in a machine for wrapping oranges and other fruit,of the trough or guide, the endless belt above the center of the same,the endless belts on the sides of thetrough and traveling at a muchlower rate of speed than the central belt, andmeans, v

substantially as set forth, to keep the side corners of the paperwrapper in contact with the said side belts, whereby said side cornersof the paper will be twisted, substantially as described. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiiXedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEOPHILUS WILSON MOORE Vitnesses:

KATY HOOVER, T. V. MOORE.

